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Dear Barry,

Having a wonderful time here in Aspen! The girls are getting so good at skiing – Sasha was swishing down the slope fast and furious! Malia wants to build a giant snow fort, but the secret service guys say the snow is too powdery, and not shovel-ready.

I’m still a little nervous on skis. Thank goodness for my ski instructor, Josh. (You’d LOVE him! In the off season he coordinated the Street Theater Team for Occupy Denver. His story is so poignant. He’s got to pay the student loans from 7 years of college, and the poor thing never even graduated!)

Josh thinks I’m a better skier than I really am. He keeps telling me stopping is “easy as taking candy from a baby.” I told him I’ve taken candy from babies, and cake from fat kids, and that I even had HHS people out that very moment taking lunches away from school children, and stopping on skis is much, much harder than that.

Ah, it’s so good to get away from the grind. It’s been a whole month since Hawaii– time does get away when you’re working hard!

The fresh air is invigorating, and the simple, rustic food is so fortifying. Last night, we had dinner was wonderful. The appetizer was Maine diver scallop ceviche with hearts of palm, cilantro, aji amarillo, avocado and carrot salad. The main course was wild striped bass with grantinée clams, calamari, octopus, cippolini onion marmalade, peanut potatoes and arugula. Dessert was a crème brûlée with a citrus glace and crème fraise. I felt like a real pioneer woman!

Jim and Paula are gracious hosts and their home is very beautiful. When we first arrived though, the house was terribly cold. I asked about it and it’s the darnedest thing: Remember how we gave them a half billion or so to put solar panels on their house? Well, they broke, or they never worked right, or something.

Anyway, I called Tim Geithner and he cut a check immediately – I didn’t think you’d mind, after Jim and Paula did that fundraising for you last year, and alternative energy is a centerpiece of your jobs-creation record. So they’re having new solar panels installed today.

BTW, they were telling me all these big black panthers have been coming down out of the mountains and scaring people. When I said it didn’t sound like a problem to me, Paul pointed out that everybody in Aspen is a Democrat, and it wouldn’t do to have them scared to leave their houses – especially next November. Should I call Ken Salazar?

That’s all for now dear. Jim’s Volt should be charged. He’s taking us snowboarding at “the pipeline.” I told him I’d like to study it for a couple of years before green lighting it, but he wouldn’t hear of it.

Wish you were here!

Love,

Michelle

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